For Multitrack and mastering-
1 or 2 inch wide multitrack EE (SA-UDXLII) reels or how
about metal particle reel-to-reel?!!!!
1 or 2 inch wide multitrack EE (SA-UDXLII) reels or how
about metal particle reel-to-reel?!!!!
poynton said:
One has to consider that CD was developed at a time when the Apple II was king. CD represents the limit of what could be done at the time.
My 1st CD player was/is a Myryad MXC6000 ... i resisted CD as long as i could and finally got one just this year (and the right plkace at the right time netted it new for $200 🙂)
dave
planet10 said:
How does this cd player sound? I'm assuming this is a pretty tweakable cd player based on what I have heard, (op-amp and cap upgrades to start, clock later, etc..) at worst you could get a Twisted Pear Buffalo Dac and plug that into the spdif output on this thing.
kevinkr said:
I've been very pleased with it -- so much so that i've not put any energy into thinking about modding it -- the next step beyond will be better DAC for the puter (i really want FireWire there). Quite straight forward layout inside...mostly discreet, a couple op-amps, lots of regs... (20+ claimed IIRC)
dave
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I spy a couple of presets in there !! Offset ? a long way from the OpAmps though 🙂
Edit, or are those transistors a "buffer discrete"
Edit, or are those transistors a "buffer discrete"
We very nearly had a 20-bit cd in the first place, philips could'nt get the price of the chips down far enough to meet realistic consumer price levels. Theres no excuse for high bit processing now, interesting to know what current limits are at!
I'm not so sure about 'nearly'. The first generation players had 14-bit DACs because that's all that was affordable then.
ADCs are/were substantially more costly, but relatively few were required (only by the mastering labs)
Putting 20 bits of data into a disc, where the 6 LSBs were being discarded on playback might have been forward thinking - but then there was no guarantee that the format was going to be taken up by the mass market - especially if the costs of production were unecessarily high.
Every single bit of resolution added, adds significntly to the cost of the chip, initially, until consumption volumes bring the price down. So it's quite natural that the transition from 14 bit DACs to 20 bit DACS (or ADCs) has happened at the current rate.
ADCs are/were substantially more costly, but relatively few were required (only by the mastering labs)
Putting 20 bits of data into a disc, where the 6 LSBs were being discarded on playback might have been forward thinking - but then there was no guarantee that the format was going to be taken up by the mass market - especially if the costs of production were unecessarily high.
Every single bit of resolution added, adds significntly to the cost of the chip, initially, until consumption volumes bring the price down. So it's quite natural that the transition from 14 bit DACs to 20 bit DACS (or ADCs) has happened at the current rate.
Jeb-D. said:
It went all the way... and still is the best source for many High Enders.
Digital (plague) was enforced on us so that audio/video industry could open a door to whole new money-making industry.... more channels, more boxes, more speakers, cables, plastics, cardboard... more everything!
The best recording media is still reel-to-reel analog studio recorder.
I can still easily tell if the CD / SACD was recorder from digital or analog source. And I always enjoy analog source more than digital. Even good old vinyl sounds sterile if it was recorded off the digital source. It sounds very “clean” – but sterile.
Boky
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